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1. You want to install Windows XP on a computer. Under which two of the following circumstances would you perform a clean install?

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A \"clean\" installation indicates that the disk contains no data that you need to preserve. This happens either when the disk is brand new, or you are completely replacing the contents of the disk.

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2. You wish to set the compression state of a file in Windows XP Professional. How would you accomplish this?

Explanation

The Properties of the file determine whether a file is compressed or uncompressed. Both files and folders can be compressed. Compressing a folder does not automatically compress the contents of the folder

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3. Before upgrading a system to Windows XP Professional, you must do which one of the following?

Explanation

Before installing Windows XP Professional, you must uncompress any compressed drives. You must also disable any BIOS anti-virus options that have been enabled. System patches will be installed after the installation is complete. Also after installation, you may need to reinstall application software.

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4. You need to configure a computer to use multiple monitors. You install a compatible new display adapter and turn the computer on. What, if anything must you do next?

Explanation

When you use multiple monitors with Windows XP Professional, you must extend the Windows desktop onto any additional monitors you add.

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5. It is only necessary to run a WINS server on your network when:

Explanation

Only WINS servers can locate hosts that use NETBIOS names. In most cases, host names can be mapped using DNS.

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6. You are working on a computer that will not boot normally. You try to boot into safe mode, but the computer is still unable to start. At this point, how can you diagnose the computer?

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If you do not have the recovery console installed as a startup option, you may run it from CD to determine the problem. If you do have the recovery console installed as a startup option, but the master boot record or a boot sector is corrupted, you would not be able to run the recovery console from the hard disk. Running the recovery console from the CD is your best option in this case.

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7. A computer that you support has been the target of a hacker. You would like more information about how this user is attempting to gain access to this computer. Which log should you examine?

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The Security Log records login and logoff attempts, and whether or not those attempts were valid. The Security Log can also contain information about file creation and deletion. These are all valuable pieces of information when you are trying to determine who has access to a particular computer.

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8. You are having difficulty with a host on your network. You ping 127.0.0.1. What information will that test provide?

Explanation

127.0.0.1 is known as the loopback address and hosts use it to identify themselves. Pinging the loopback address will tell you whether or not TCP/IP is installed and bound to your network adapter. If the computer cannot ping itself, the problem is most likely associated with a basic network configuration or connection problem.

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9. When using Remote Installation Services, you must have a RIS boot disk under which circumstance?

Explanation

RIS requires that the client computer have a PCI network card that supports pre-boot execution (PXE). Alternately, you may use a RIS boot disk for non PXE compliant network cards. The boot disk is required to simulate the PXE boot process.

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10. A user brings a computer to you that will not boot. You do not know what changes have been made recently and the user insists that he has done nothing to it. You want to see if you can get the computer to boot. What should you do in this case?

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Booting the computer into safe mode will tell you whether the computer can boot with a very basic set of device drivers. Once in safe mode, you can look at the other device drivers and configurations that may prevent the computer from working properly.

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11. Which of the following two statements describes workgroups in Windows XP Professional?

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In a workgroup, there is no centralized information storage. All accounts are local to the workstation. These computers are known as stand-alone servers, since they do not rely on any central storage or control mechanisms.

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12. One of your users is visually impaired and requires assistance with his display. What Windows XP Professional option can you offer this user?

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The Accessibility Options available in Windows XP Professional allow you to accommodate users who are physically disabled. The Magnifier creates a separate window that magnifies a portion of the screen. This is useful for users who have impaired vision.

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13. You have installed new hardware into a computer. After having installed the new device drivers, you have encountered problems with a computer and you are concerned that it will not boot properly. You believe the new hardware drivers are the cause. Using Windows XP Professional, what can you do to verify this?

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You can boot the computer into the last known good configuration as long as you do not log onto the computer. Information about the last known good configuration is written when a user logs into the computer.

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14. Certain services on a computer running Windows XP Professional will not load when the computer boots. You would like to track the progress of the boot process. How should you do this in Windows XP Professional?

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When you want to track the progress of the boot sequence, you can enable boot logging in the Advanced Boot Options at startup.

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15. You are working with a computer that supports Power Options. You have enabled Hibernation. While in Hibernation mode, the power fails. What is the status of the unsaved data on the computer?

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Hibernation provides greater protection for the user than does Standby in this case. Before entering Hibernation, the desktop data are saved to the hard disk so there are no user files at risk from power loss.

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16. You would like to install a new USB device into a computer. After connecting the device, Windows XP Professional does not recognize it. What should you do?

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Windows XP Professional should recognize USB devices. In the event it does not, run the Add Hardware wizard. You can then install and configure the device.

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17. You wish to convert a FAT32 file system to NTFS after you\'ve installed Windows XP Professional. Identify the ways in which you can do this.

Explanation

Use the CONVERT command to upgrade from FAT32 to NTFS.

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18. You wish to make certain that the contents of a folder are preserved when its contents change. How would you do this?

Explanation

The Archiving attribute should be set. Utilities like Backup look for and act upon this attribute.

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19. You have remote users who are running Windows 2000 and later versions of the Windows operating systems. What kind of authentication should you require?

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MS-CHAP v.2 provides highly secure authentication and works with all versions of Windows 2000 and later. The other protocols listed either work with older versions of Windows or do not provide highly secure authentication.

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20. You wish to move a multi-disk volume from a Windows 2000 computer to a Windows XP computer. Which one of the following statements is true?

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All disks in a multidisk volume must be moved simultaneously. If you attempt to move only a portion of the disks, neither the old file system nor the new file system will be able to read the volume.

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21. Hard disk space is a concern on a particular server, but you would like to keep log information for an extended period of time. What is the best way to accomplish this?

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If you would like to keep log data, marking them to be archived is the best strategy to follow. Manually clearing the logs takes time. Overwriting the logs will destroy the data you are looking to save. Backing up the logs and restoring them is time-consuming.

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22. Identify two true statements about private addresses.

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Private networks are not routable across the public Internet. These addresses are normally used on NAT networks and on devices like printers that do not need a routable address. Because these addresses are not routable, hosts with private addresses can only communicate with other hosts on their network.

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23. Which one of the following is considered good practice for data encryption?

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Data encryption should be used when and where it is needed. It does impact system performance, so you should consider which files truly need encryption before applying it.

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24. You are upgrading a computer to Windows XP Professional that currently runs an existing FAT32 partition. You would like to keep the data on the volume after the installation. To do this, you will:

Explanation

Formatting the partition will destroy the data. Choose instead to convert the partition to NTFS. This will preserve your data.

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25. Which of the following is considered good practice regarding file compression?

Explanation

Executable files should not be compressed. Although an application may take a large amount of disk space, compressing an executable file will not gain much disk space and will slow the performance of the application. Archived data and data that don\'t change often is good candidates for compression.

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26. You are connecting to the desktop of another computer on your network, using Remote Desktop. Your remote session terminates. What may have happened?

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Remote Desktop sessions will be terminated when the system administrator for the remote system logs in.

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27. You are a network administrator. One of your users must connect to a highly secure server. Each time he attempts to connect his connection is refused. What could possibly be causing the problem?

Explanation

If a server is configured to require encrypted connections, unencrypted sessions will be refused by the server. In this case, verify with the system administrator that an encrypted connection is needed, then configure the client to provide encryption for sessions.

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28. You would like to roll back a device driver. Rollback will not work for which type of hardware?

Explanation

Printer drivers are not configured through the Device Manager. Rollback only works with devices roll back by the Device Manager.

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29. A workstation administrator asks you to load the Administrative Tools onto his computer. What should you do?

Explanation

Administrative Tools are normally not visible on the Start Menu, but they can be made visible by customizing the Start Menu.

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30. A user has created a shortcut to an online folder. What must the user do to make this folder available offline?

Explanation

Both the user's computer and the online folder must have the Offline Files option enabled for the online folder to be available offline.

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31. Name three complexity requirements for user passwords when this option is enforced.

Explanation

Password complexity applies standards to user-selected passwords by ensuring that passwords contain upper case letters, numbers and special characters. Users are also prohibited from using their user name or their full name as part of their passwords. Password complexity also enforces rules about password length, but these attributes are defined by the administrator.

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32. When performing an installation of Windows XP Professional you will install network components by doing which one of the following:

Explanation

Once the Setup Wizard has restarted the computer, you may install networking components. You may choose either a Typical installation or a Custom Installation.

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33. You are preparing a disk image for multiple users. Why must you create a new account with administrative privileges?

Explanation

When creating a disk image for multiple users, it is necessary to create a new account with administrative privileges because you cannot transfer a profile that is in use. This means that if the old administrator profile is currently being used, it cannot be transferred to other users. By creating a new account with administrative privileges, you can ensure that the old administrator profile is not in use and can be successfully transferred to other users as part of the disk image.

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34. You have prepared a disk image to automate Windows XP Professional installations. You want to make the custom settings available to any user. To do this you must:

Explanation

The image can only be accessed by users whose profiles match the profile that created the image. You must copy the Administrator profile to the Default User profile before creating the image.

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35. You have a suspected resource conflict. Identify two strategies to resolve this problem.

Explanation

Windows XP Professional is designed to avoid resource conflicts, but such conflicts can occur when two devices request the same resources. To resolve this, you can identify available resources and assign them to one of the conflicting devices. You can also disable one device to free its resources. You should not edit the registry or attempt to permanently change resource settings.

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36. You administer a large number of computers and you would like to know whenever any of them generates a stop error. What can you do in this case?

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Windows XP Professional can be configured to send an administrative alert when stop errors are encountered. This feature is enabled in Performance and Maintenance, on the Advanced Tab, under Startup and Recovery.

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37. Identify the correct syntax for an Answer file.

Explanation

The section is identified in square brackets. The key is separated from the value by an =. The correct syntax looks like this:
[section]
key=value

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38. You are troubleshooting a problem with your video driver. You want to make sure you load a basic VGA video driver when you reboot. Using Windows XP Professional, how can you do this?

Explanation

The basevideo switch in the boot.ini file will load a basic VGA video driver on bootup.

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39. You believe you are experiencing packet loss somewhere on your network. Which tool would be helpful in locating a potential source for the loss?

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Pathping can tell you whether you are losing packets and where the loss is occurring on your network. ping can tell you that packets are being lost, but doesn\'t provide enough information to indicate where the loss is occurring. tracert can tell you about how much time it takes for a packet to travel through the network, but it doesn\'t quantify the loss. IPconfig will show you your network configuration and arp will give you information about your ARP cache.

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40. A remote user would like to make a faster connection to the network. She is limited to using a dial-up connection. Her location does not support DSL or cable modem connections. What, if any, options are available to this user?

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Windows XP Professional supports multilink connections, which allow the user to connect multiple modems to a computer. This will improve the data transfer rate, as long as the user\'s ISP can support it.

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41. Your users have deleted a large number of files from a particular volume. The performance of the volume seems to be suffering. What should you do?

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You should use Disk Defragmenter to analyze the disk. If the analysis shows that your performance will improve significantly, you should defragment the disk. If the analysis does not show a major improvement, you may want to wait to defragment the disk. Defragmenting a volume can take several hours and impairs the performance of the volume while Disk Defragmenter is running.

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42. A Limited user has permission to do which of the following things:

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Users are limited by default. They cannot create, change or delete user accounts and they cannot install hardware or software.

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43. A user on a particular computer needs to run several applications simultaneously. How should the memory usage for this computer be configured?

Explanation

If a computer is running several applications simultaneously, it needs more system memory to switch between tasks. In this case, a computer\'s memory should be optimized for the amount of switching between applications the computer will have to perform.

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44. After installing a new device on a computer running Windows XP Professional with the system root on disk drive C, you find that you must restore a device driver from a backup. Where are the driver backups stored?

Explanation

The ReinstallBackups folder is created the first time a user updates a driver package on the system. The older versions of the driver are stored here.

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45. Which partition types are available on a basic disk?

Explanation

A basic disk can have either a primary partition or an extended partition. Extended partitions can then be divided into logical drives. Logical, dynamic and simple partitions do not exist in Windows XP Professional.

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46. You wish to change the drive path for a mount point. How can you do this?

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There is no way to edit the drive path for a mounted volume. You must delete the old path and add the new one if you wish to change the drive path.

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47. One of your users, who lives 10 miles outside of a large urban area, needs to make a remote connection to computers on the network. This user will be transferring a large number of files. What kind of remote connection would you recommend for this user?

Explanation

A dial-up connection will be simple and inexpensive, although it might be somewhat slow. ISDN connections can be expensive, and like DSL and cable modem service, they are not universally available, even in metropolitan areas. Wireless access will be slow and is unlikely to be available in the user\'s home.

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48. The Remote Assistance feature allows you to provide support to other users without visiting their workstation. Which of the following features does Windows XP Professional support?

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Remote Assistance will allow a remote helper to view, control and change another user\'s desktop, provided the user has permitted the remote helper to do these things. Remote Assistance also includes a chat function to assist in communication. Either the local user or the remote user should make changes, but simultaneous control is not recommended. A Remote Assistance session must be terminated. It will not self-terminate.

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49. A computer that you support is experiencing problems with its network connection. How should you analyze the problem?

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The Networking tab of the Task Manager can provide a lot of information about the status of a computer\'s network connection as well as its performance. If the network connection is working even minimally, the first place to look is in the Task Manager.

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50. In Windows XP Professional, DiskPart will support all but one of the following functions. Identify the unsupported function.

Explanation

DiskPart cannot be used to format a partition. The format command is used to format a partition.

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51. You are migrating a user to a new Windows XP Professional installation using FAST. Which two resources must be available to you?

Explanation

When using the FAST wizard, you will need a destination computer running Windows XP Professional; available space on a network share that both computers have access to, or some form of removable media; the FAST wizard; and the account name and password of the user you are migrating.

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52. You have noticed on your network that users are having difficulty accessing Web pages on your local Intranet server, 192.168.2.2. The pages seem to time out and fail. Which three of the following tools in Windows XP Professional can help you diagnose your problem?

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ping can tell you whether or not the site you\'re trying to reach is available. IPconfig can give you information about your network configuration. arp, can allow you to look at your arp cache, which might have gotten corrupted. hostname simply tells you the name of your host and nslookup is a DNS resolver client. The last two utilities are unlikely to be of much assistance.

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53. Two potential disadvantages of EFS are:

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EFS does not provide encryption for data over the network. Such data are transmitted as plain text. EFS can write temporary files to non-encrypted folders. This circumstance could leave sensitive data unprotected.

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54. You have enabled files on a user\'s computer for offline use. Which of the following events occur when the user disconnects from the network?

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When a user disconnects from the network and offline file options have been enabled, a copy of the network file is written on the user\'s local drive. Any changes that have been made are synchronized, so the user has the latest version of the file. If the user works on the file after disconnecting from the network, the user\'s changes are stored in the locally cached copy until the user reconnects to the network.

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55. The Setup Manager Wizard allows you to configure which three of the following installation options?

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The Setup Manager wizard allows you to configure the amount of user interaction the automated setup will require; the distribution method for the installation; the location of the answer and setup files; the general settings; the network settings; and the advanced settings available in an installation.

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56. Under what circumstances would you recommend manual caching of offline files?

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Automatic caching of documents and/or programs may lead to older versions of files being deleted. In some cases, this isn\'t desirable and the user would prefer to identify which files should be kept. Likewise, a user may not want to cache all user documents. In these cases, manual caching is preferred over either of the other two caching methods.

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57. You would like to have several computers in a workgroup share a single Internet connection. To do this, you should configure:

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Internet Connection Sharing must be enabled to allow several workstations to share a single Internet connection. After ICS is enabled, the Internet Connection Firewall should be enabled as should Folder and Printer Sharing. It is not necessary to configure any other services.

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58. Identify the functions you can perform with the Task Manager.

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The Task Manager can be used to start applications, identify all processes associated with an application and indicate the amount of processor time (among other statistics) that a process is consuming. The Task Manager cannot end a process initiated by the computer and it cannot save data from an application that has stopped responding.

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You want to install Windows XP on a computer. Under which two of the...
You wish to set the compression state of a file in Windows XP...
Before upgrading a system to Windows XP Professional, you must do...
You need to configure a computer to use multiple monitors. You install...
It is only necessary to run a WINS server on your network when:
You are working on a computer that will not boot normally. You try to...
A computer that you support has been the target of a hacker. You would...
You are having difficulty with a host on your network. You ping...
When using Remote Installation Services, you must have a RIS boot disk...
A user brings a computer to you that will not boot. You do not know...
Which of the following two statements describes workgroups in Windows...
One of your users is visually impaired and requires assistance with...
You have installed new hardware into a computer. After having...
Certain services on a computer running Windows XP Professional will...
You are working with a computer that supports Power Options. You have...
You would like to install a new USB device into a computer. After...
You wish to convert a FAT32 file system to NTFS after you\'ve...
You wish to make certain that the contents of a folder are preserved...
You have remote users who are running Windows 2000 and later versions...
You wish to move a multi-disk volume from a Windows 2000 computer to a...
Hard disk space is a concern on a particular server, but you would...
Identify two true statements about private addresses.
Which one of the following is considered good practice for data...
You are upgrading a computer to Windows XP Professional that currently...
Which of the following is considered good practice regarding file...
You are connecting to the desktop of another computer on your network,...
You are a network administrator. One of your users must connect to a...
You would like to roll back a device driver. Rollback will not work...
A workstation administrator asks you to load the Administrative Tools...
A user has created a shortcut to an online folder. What must the user...
Name three complexity requirements for user passwords when this option...
When performing an installation of Windows XP Professional you will...
You are preparing a disk image for multiple users. Why must you create...
You have prepared a disk image to automate Windows XP Professional...
You have a suspected resource conflict. Identify two strategies to...
You administer a large number of computers and you would like to know...
Identify the correct syntax for an Answer file.
You are troubleshooting a problem with your video driver. You want to...
You believe you are experiencing packet loss somewhere on your...
A remote user would like to make a faster connection to the network....
Your users have deleted a large number of files from a particular...
A Limited user has permission to do which of the following things:
A user on a particular computer needs to run several applications...
After installing a new device on a computer running Windows XP...
Which partition types are available on a basic disk?
You wish to change the drive path for a mount point. How can you do...
One of your users, who lives 10 miles outside of a large urban area,...
The Remote Assistance feature allows you to provide support to other...
A computer that you support is experiencing problems with its network...
In Windows XP Professional, DiskPart will support all but one of the...
You are migrating a user to a new Windows XP Professional installation...
You have noticed on your network that users are having difficulty...
Two potential disadvantages of EFS are:
You have enabled files on a user\'s computer for offline use....
The Setup Manager Wizard allows you to configure which three of the...
Under what circumstances would you recommend manual caching of offline...
You would like to have several computers in a workgroup share a single...
Identify the functions you can perform with the Task Manager.
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